Part 5: Chained to you: Safely

Karissa’s POV:

I walked out of the hospital… Thank God! Nobody saw me leaving after that nurse…

        I checked my watch and its 10:30pm… I need to go home quickly. I held a cab and sit inside while tapping my foot impatiently.

        When I reached home, no sounds were coming out from there and this is unusual for my home. I entered into the house and saw the lights were dim in the hall. And just besides the hall, on the dining table I saw my mom sitting with her head in her palms. She seemed to be worried with a pale face and body without strength. Dad was sitting beside her and was trying to explain her something which I don’t think she was giving any attention to.

        The moment they saw me, both of them got up from their respective places and came running towards me. The second she reached to me, that very moment she engulfed me into a tight hug and that’s when I felt like home. I were home with the people who loved me unconditionally and selflessly.

        And then was the turn for a most awaited round of questions and answers. Mom shot the questions at me like the bullets out of machine gun.

“Where were you since afternoon? Samantha also came in, after the school to enquire about you, when she couldn’t locate you in the school premises. Even your mobile is switched off! Do you have any sense of responsibility left? Even if you were busy with something important or for that matter something urgent, at least you should have informed somebody so that we could have taken a breath of relief.” Mom was just shouting at her highest pitch without realizing the situation of my heart who has just gone through this much.

“Mom I have been through the toughest time of my life today. As I got to know that Daniel was just playing a bet with my so called best friend Samantha to prove her that I can be trapped in anyone’s love and care. And against which he must have won some dollars but I had lost the faith and love and respect for him and also have lost the friend in Samantha. I think I have not known till now that what is good for me and what is not. You were right when you said that this guy is not a good person. But mom, what wrong I have done to deserve a friend like Samantha? I believed her more than my own self. I considered her as my sister and she have been doing such things against my back. I am completely broken and feel like as if I have lost everything in life.”

“My child! Please don’t lose heart. This is part and parcel of the life we are living. And the early you learn a lesson, the better it is for you to get up again and move forward. Just have faith in God and believe that whatever has happened, it is for good. But I don’t understand, where were you since then? As far as I know, you don’t have any other friend whom you could have been with.”

“Yes mom! I have learnt a lesson that it is not a world anymore where you can trust anyone and everyone with your full heart. You first have to be sure of the person’s intentions and then probably move forward with any kind of relation.” I replied to the first part of mom and my conversation. “And you are right that I have left with no one with whom I can share my sorrows and joys anymore. I were coming back to home via a bus, but then due to empty stomach and crying my lungs out since morning, I think I got unconscious in the bus and when I woke up, I were in the hospital. From there only I took the cab right now and came back home. I think I have been taken there by a nice looking gentleman who was sleeping besides my bed when I woke up in the hospital. But he was in deep sleep so I thought of not waking him up and I left without informing anyone.”

“But Karissa, you should have at-least thanked him for taking care of you when you needed it the most. I think you should call at the hospital and find out if he is still there or if he has left any contact number to be contacted on.” Mom said. And as told by her, I followed. I called at the hospital where I got to know that he has already left and without leaving his details.

I am now in my bed, and all that is coming to my mind is

the scene from the morning where in I have lost every relation of my life which I have chosen for me. I felt like crying for being so nonsense in life and for taking such rubbish decisions in life. Lesson I have learnt in the process is, when your parents are not very confident about your relations and decisions, it’s time for you to give it a second thought and reconsider your decisions. With these thoughts running in my mind, I drifted off to sleep, god only knows when!